Since the station closed in 1940, it has severely deteriorated. Last year, it was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. But today, Angel Island and 36 other Official Projects of the Save America’s Treasures program have received a total of $1 million in matching grants from the Save America’s Treasures Preservation Planning Fund, made possible by the J. Paul Getty Trust. Projects will use the money to plan the preservation, conservation and ongoing care of historic sites, buildings and districts.

"Good planning is key to the success of any preservation project," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust. "By providing the wherewithal to make these grants, the J. Paul Getty Trust has helped ensure these projects have the plans they need for effective preservation. We couldn’t be more pleased."

"I’m grateful for these grants because they will help address the urgent preservation needs of some of our nation’s most important treasures," said First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, honorary chair of the Save America’s Treasures program. "Viewed together, the list of grantees announced today sketches a portrait of America’s diverse cultures and rich history that we must preserve if we are to tell the nation’s story and inspire future generations."

"The Getty is delighted that our grant to the National Trust will support these preservation planning projects around the nation," said Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Grant Program. "Save America’s Treasures is doing a wonderful job of educating the public about the necessity of caring for historic buildings and sites."

$50,000
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, San Francisco
Angel Island Immigration Station, a National Historic Landmark, was the major port of entry to the United States for immigrants from the Pacific Rim from 1910 to 1940. The grant will help secure consultant services to assess and study the historic structures, cultural landscape and historic furnishings at Angel Island Immigration Station.

$35,000
Knight Foundry Preservation Society, Sutter Creek
Knight Foundry, an historic water-powered iron works, has played a prominent role in the history of Sutter Creek and is an excellent example of a 19^th-century workplace in the United States. The grant will support the creation of a historic structures report, plans for the artifacts on site, and educational programming.

$30,000
Jewish Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles
The Breed Street Shul, a National Register listed property built in 1923, has long been an important part of the Jewish community in Los Angeles' East Side. The grant will help fund the development of a comprehensive, strategic plan to ensure its ongoing preservation and future use.

$13,000
Corazon y Animas de Trinidad, Trinidad
The historic resources in the El Corazon de Trinidad National Historic District represent a 40-year period (1880-1920) of development and prosperity in Trinidad that produced a legacy of intact historic buildings that retain their historic context. The grant will help fund a conditions assessment of the buildings and produce design guidelines for rehabilitation and construction in the historic district.

$35,000
City of Fort Myers–Edison/Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers
The Edison/Ford Winter Estates, built in 1886 as the winter residence for Thomas Edison, highlight the work of Edison and his best friend, Henry Ford. The grant will help produce a cultural landscape report to better understand and interpret the site, which was donated as an arboretum to the City of Fort Myers in 1947.

$25,000
Coastal Heritage Society, Savannah
The Central of Georgia Railroad National Historic Landmark District, containing 16 surviving buildings, has been described as "the most important antebellum railroad structures to survive the Civil War." The grant will provide engineering and architectural expertise to determine the best method to restore the district’s carpentry shops building.

$12,500
The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Boise
The state park system of Idaho owns and oversees a wide variety of properties important to the history of the state, including Civilian Conservation Corps structures, Native American encampment sites, and historic trails and freight roads. The grant will enable the state to produce a historic preservation plan to guide future treatment of historic properties within Idaho's state park system.

$21,000
Amana Colonies Historical Sites Foundation, Amana
The Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark, consisting of seven unincorporated villages on nearly 26,000 acres on the Iowa River, was established in the 1850s by the mostly German members of the Society of True Inspiration. The grant will provide architectural services to develop adaptive reuses for three historic buildings in the Main Amana Agricultural Complex.

$20,000
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, Fort Wayne
The Chief Richardville House, built in 1827 for a chief of the Miami Tribe of Indiana, is one of the earliest known Greek Revival homes in northeast Indiana. The grant will assist in producing a historic structure report that will lead to the development of a plan to transform the currently vacant building into a house museum.

$19,500
Harrodsburg Historical Society, Harrodsburg
In 1800 the congregation of the first Low Dutch Reformed Church west of the Alleghenies constructed the wattle-and-daub Old Mud Meeting House, which was in continuous use as a house of worship until 1960. The grant will help produce a restoration and maintenance plan for the meeting house.

$25,000
Felicity Street Redevelopment Project, New Orleans
The buildings and structures in the Lower St. Charles Avenue Corridor of the Central City area have represented the cultural diversity and history of the area since the early 1800s. The grant will contribute to the area’s revitalization by helping to create a comprehensive development plan that will include design guidelines and a study of neighborhood traffic patterns.

$24,000
The Warfield Development Corporation, Sykesville
Built between 1899 and 1930, the 15 buildings remaining in the Warfield Complex were all part of Springfield State Hospital, Maryland's second public asylum. The grant will help develop historic district design guidelines for use by occupants, developers of the historic buildings, and by the Sykesville Historic District Commission.

$30,000
Historic Boston Incorporated, Boston
Over the past six years, Historic Boston, Inc. has helped 35 churches in Boston’s inner-city neighborhoods address deferred maintenance issues through The Steeples Project’s matching grants. The grant will expand the project’s reach in preserving additional historic religious properties through matching grants.

$25,000
National Center for Afro-American Artists, Boston
Abbotsford Mansion, now the home of the National Center for Afro-America Artists museum, is an exceptional example of Neo-Gothic architecture, as well as one of Boston’s few great houses still on its original grounds. The grant will help complete a comprehensive assessment survey leading to the restoration of the mansion and its grounds.

$50,000
Scott-Ford Historic Site, Jackson
Beginning in 1892, four generations of the African-American Scott-Ford family occupied two bungalows in the Farish Street Historic District. The grant will help protect the Scott-Ford historic site by continuing preservation planning to retain and preserve the site’s character.

$12,500
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson
Isaiah T. Montgomery, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, helped found Mound Bayou in 1887 as a community where African-Americans could exercise their independence. The 1910 I.T. Montgomery House has seriously deteriorated. The grant will assist with emergency stabilization measures while plans are completed for the building’s long-term use.

$12,500
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City
The Paseo YMCA Building played an important role in the social history of Kansas City’s African-American community and is now slated for a new life as the home of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The grant will support the development of a feasibility study for rehabilitating the historic Paseo YMCA as the central repository for African-American baseball history.

$30,000
Missoula Office of Planning and Grants/Historic Preservation Office, Missoula
Lewis and Clark camped at the Travelers’ Rest site on September 9, 1805, to prepare for the arduous crossing of the Bitterroot Mountain Range and returned to the site on their homeward trip the following summer. Although the site is a designated National Historic Landmark, its precise location is unknown. The grant will enable researchers to use sophisticated technology in their efforts to determine the exact location of the campsite.

$30,000
Yellowstone Historic Center, West Yellowstone
The Oregon Short Line Terminus Historic District played an important role in the development of transportation and visitation to Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. The grant will assist in the creation of a preservation plan to guide the preservation, interpretation and development of the historic district.

$29,000
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln
Home to one of the preeminent American novelists of the 20th century, the National Historic Landmark Willa Cather House has retained much of its architectural integrity. A comprehensive analysis of the Willa Cather House, supported by the grant, will be the basis for a plan to guide routine maintenance, conservation activities and long-term preservation efforts.

$25,000
Economic Corporation of Newport, Guild
Rescued from demolition this spring, the 1825 Eagle Block is one of the last remaining large-form, Federal-style brick hotels in New Hampshire, representing the transition from 18^th-century taverns to 19^th-century hotels. The grant will help support a structural engineering assessment, site management plan and design guidelines leading to the rehabilitation of the building.

$24,400
Historic Harrisville, Harrisville
The vacant Cheshire Mills Complex, constructed between 1848 and 1922 in the heart of one of the most undisturbed mill villages in the country, remains virtually intact. The grant will support the production of a historic structure report and development of conservation recommendations for the complex.

$20,000
Upper Valley Land Trust, Hanover
The Cornish Art Colony, one of the earliest and most important art colonies in the United States, flourished for 40 years in the 19th century. The grant will support the development of a landscape conservation plan and parcel-specific conservation plans for the countryside which inspired the writers and artists of the Cornish Art Colony.

$35,000
Craftsman Farms, Morris Plains
Home to Gustav Stickley, father of the Arts and Crafts movement at the turn of the 20^th century, Craftman Farms is representative of the ideologies of Stickley's movement. The grant will assist in the development of an expanded historic structures report, design documentation, and maintenance plans for the Craftsman Farms site.

$35,000
Pueblo of Acoma, Acoma
A magnificent adobe structure, San Esteban del Rey Church and Convento is one of the few New Mexico churches to survive the Pueblo revolution of 1680. The Pueblo of Acoma will use its grant to produce working documents for the restoration of the site and to create a master plan for the project, including a fundraising strategy and development of a youth training program.

$35,000
Citizens’ Committee for Historic Preservation, Las Vegas
Historic Old Town in West Las Vegas, the town’s original Hispanic settlement dating back to 1835, encompasses two residential and two commercial historic districts. The grant will help produce a plan to preserve the integrity of the community and provide low- and moderate-income housing.

$40,000
Harriet Tubman Home, Inc., Auburn
Home to Harriet Tubman, a leader of the Underground Railroad, this residence was initially purchased for the Tubman family in 1858 with financing from William Seward, who soon became Secretary of State. The grant will be used to prepare a historic structures report to be used as the basis for restoration of the Tubman properties.

$30,000
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historical Foundation, Inc., Sedalia
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, a leader in African-American education and civil rights, constructed Galen Stone Hall in 1927 as part of the Palmer Institute, one of two North Carolina educational institutions founded for African-Americans by African-Americans. The grant will help pay for the structure’s assessment and restoration plans.

$20,000
Ohio Canal Corridor, Cleveland
The Hulett Ore Unloaders, included in the National Trust’s 1999 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, have been a prominent feature on Cleveland's industrial landscape since 1912. The grant will assist in the development of a site relocation strategy for one or two of the threatened Hulett Ore Unloaders.

$40,000
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant
Established as a mission school in 1833 shortly after the forced Native American migration known as the Trail of Tears, Wheelock Academy became a model for Indian education, providing "a judicious blend of cultural uplift and practical skills." The Choctaw Nation will use its grant to help develop a plan for the adaptive use of Wheelock Academy as a community college.

$25,000
The Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Newport
Built between 1759 and 1763 and the oldest surviving synagogue in the United States, Touro Synagogue is a rare example of preserved Georgian architecture. The grant will assist with the site’s archaeological investigation and development of architectural plans for the synagogue’s restoration.

$25,000
School of the Building Arts, Inc., Charleston
The Old Charleston County/City Jail, a 1796-1800 structure in the heart of downtown Charleston, operated as both a county and city jail for 138 years before closing in 1938. The grant will be used for structural investigation towards its adaptive reuse as the new home of the School of the Building Arts.

$10,000
Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso, El Paso
Socorro Mission, in continuous service to its community for more than 319 years, represents the best elements of Spanish and Native American architectural design and is listed in the National Register. The grant will support development of a restoration plan to identify appropriate preservation methods and treatments for the adobe structure.

$16,600
Topaz Museum Board, Delta
The Topaz Internment Camp housed 8,500 American citizens of Japanese descent who were involuntarily incarcerated during World War II. The Topaz Museum Board will use its grant to develop a management and preservation plan to protect and interpret a 400-acre portion of the historic camp.

$30,000
Hanover Tavern Foundation, Hanover
Hanover Tavern, built in the late 18th century, was a stopping point for travelers along the Washington-Richmond route, including George Washington and Charles Dickens. The grant will support the preparation of a historic structures report that will provide information on the building’s dendrochronology and social history.

$20,000
Island Landmarks/The Mukai Farm and Gardens, Burton
The Mukai Farm and Garden, a National Register listed property, is the only identified cultural resource in the Northwest that illustrates the construction and design of a residence, garden, and place of business of a Japanese immigrant family. The grant will help support preparation of a cultural landscape report to provide a restoration plan for the garden.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable. With more than a quarter million members nationwide, it provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America’s diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. It has six regional offices, owns or operates 20 historic sites, and works with thousands of local community groups in all 50 states.